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Friday, February 6, 2015

Knitting burns calories

Working away on the belt cardi. I am loving the way the fabric on this is knitting up.

Knitting, knitting, knitting... On a cardi I will never wear. I am not sure how I feel about this. It is a beautiful, extremely well written pattern with more shaping than any I have ever done. And that is exactly why I won't be able to wear it. I myself have an awful lot of shaping. Not the kind that looks good in a lovely shaped cardi with a belt. I am round in all the wrong places, and will look about 6 months along in this in my belly, and 7 in each hip. But I am knitting on. Maybe I will knit super fast and it will burn many calories, making me thin by the time I finish. That is my plan.

2 comments:

Thank you for the cashmere porn. I love this cardi so much, and I am tempted to knit one of my very own, but I am resisting because I fear it will emphasis my stomach in all the wrong ways. I look about five months pregnant with twins on a good day. :( Having all these babies is hard on a body in ways my 18 year old self would never have imagined.

How about if you drop the belt? I have friends with larger figures and they look beautiful in a cardi with shaping. I fund shaping flatters whereas the more boxy style can make us all look larger.I've become a fan of top-down knitting as I can try it on as I go and change any shaping as needed to fit me to allow it to skim with more ease over my stomach if need be.

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I am the domestic goddess here in my universe to the perfect man (yes, they do exist), 5 children, and the rest of the farm. I spend my days enjoying tasks such as changing and/or wiping bums, noses, and mouths. I cook, clean (really that is an out and out lie) and play ref to the domestic WWF. I do not get paid vacation, yet dread retirement. I hope to let other domestic Goddesses know that they are not alone, and there is someone out there that is less perfect than they. So sit back and let me make you feel good about yourself.